Garment clasp



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UNITED 'srares PATENT FFICE.

GARMENT CLASP.

Application filed July 10,1928. Serial No. 291,532.

This invention relates to a clasp especially designed for use in holdingthe back of a neck tie so that it cannot loosen and drop down While inplace. The invention is capable'of being applied to other garments atany point where it is desired to move the clasp over the edge of thecloth and grip it at a distance inside the edge. 1

The principal object of the invention is to provide a clasp of thecharacter having a pivoted jaw member and a spring for holding it with apivot'for the pivoted member in such form that the clasp can be appliedto the cloth with its length parallel with the edge of the fabric andhave the clasping jaws and pivot pin perpendicular to said edge. I dothis by'supporting the pivot pin at one end only, thus leaving theopposite side open so that the cloth to be clasped can be moved insidethe clasp without meeting any obstruction, all the space between thesupport of the pivot on one side and the opposite side being clear ofall obstructions.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which 7 Fig. 1 isa front view showing a neck tie held in position by a clasp constructedin accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same showing the way of applying the clasp;

F ig. 3 is a side view of the clasp;

Fig. 4 is a side view of pivoted jaw memher; and

Fig. 5 is an end View showing the clasp closed.

I have shown the clasp as constructed mainly like any ordinary clasp onthe market having a fiat base 10 provided on one side only with anupwardly extending car 11 which is perforated near the top. In thisperforation is supported a pivot pin 12 which extends across the base tothe other side thereof and has no other support than this one ear. Onthe pivot pin is pivotally mounted a clasping plate 14: which isprovided with a recess on the under side for receiving the pivot pin 12.Around this pin is coiled a spring 15 in this recess and the free endofit projects out against the base at the rear; The pivoted plate 14 isprovided with teeth 16 on one end adapted to rest on the plate 10 andprojects at the other 'end to provide a convenient means formanipulating it by the thumb or finger.

The principal feature of the inventioncom 'sists of the fact thatthe'bottom plate 10 and clamping plate 14 are entirely free from eachstruction until it is moved up to that; point.

This enables it to be used in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in which.the clasp is put in behind a necktie and the open side forced in overthe edge of two pieces of-cloth which enables the gripping jaws to holdthese pieces in position, in which they were originally tied. In thiscase, a clasp having sup.- ports on both sides for the pivoted membercould not be used to any advantage because the jaw could not be movedinwardly far enough and furthermore the clasp would have to be mountedin a horizontal position. In this case, it can be placed vertically ornearly so, thus permitting of its being held behind the cloth of the tieand not. being exposed- The length of the clasp can be arranged paralleltothe edge of the cloth, whereas in the usual form it has to beperpendicular to it.

Although I have illustrated and described only one form of the inventionand shown it as applied to the use of holding only one garment, I amaware ofthe fact that the invention is capable of use in other formsand,

can be employed for other purposes for holding two pieces of clothtogether. i I claim: 1. As an article of manufacture, a garment clasphaving a base and provided with one ear extending from the base at oneside thereof and open on the opposite side, a transverse pivot pincarried bysaid'earand supported entirely at one end thereby, and a claspplate pivoted on said pin.

, 2. As an article of manufacture, agarment clasp comprising a basehavingan integral ear pro ecting up from one side, a'pin supacross thebase, entirely free from the base, to the opposite'side, and a claspplate pivoted on said pin, one'side of the claspbeing, open.

fixed my signature.

ARTHUR W. BEAMAN/ ported by said ear and extending transversely

